Re: History of NY film and video venues

From: Brett Kashmere (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Nov 18 2009 - 09:10:35 PST


Not sure if anyone has yet mentioned Brooklyn Babylon Cinema, which ran monthly for over two years at Dumba, a queer collective art space near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Info about it here: http://www.incite-online.net/berry.html

Brett Kashmere
Pittsburgh

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "redmond entwistle" <email suppressed>
> To: <email suppressed>
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 6:22 PM
> Subject: History of NY film and video venues
>
>
> > Dear Frameworkers,
> >
> > For an exhibition at Art in General in Jan 2010 I'm
> putting together a
> > list of now closed underground/self-organized film and
> video venues in
> > New York, and trying to assemble a cinema with
> remnants of seating from
> > these spaces. The cinema will play host to two series
> of film screenings
> > and a lecture series from Jan through March. My list
> is rather narrow at
> > present:
> >
> > Anthology Film Archives (Public Theater location &
> 80 Wooster St.)
> > Collective for Living Cinema
> > Ocularis
> > Four Walls
> > Orchard Gallery
> >
> > Any suggestions would be much appreciated, especially
> with regards
> > earlier periods of film viewing in the city. Spaces
> could be anything
> > from galleries with strong video programs, to
> microcinemas, flea-pits
> > and purpose-built spaces. The common element would be
> that viewing was
> > for a collected, seated audience.
> >
> > And if you happen to have a chair or chairs from one
> of these spaces I'd
> > like to talk with you about a loan for the 8 week
> duration of the show,
> >
> > Redmond
> >

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